Pointe Chausenque
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La Pointe Chausenque, culminating at 3,204 m is a summit in the Massif du Vignemale in the French
Pyrenees The Pyrenees (; es, Pirineos ; french: Pyrénées ; ca, Pirineu ; eu, Pirinioak ; oc, Pirenèus ; an, Pirineus) is a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. It extends nearly from its union with the Cantabrian Mountains to C ...
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Topography

Virtually as high as the glacier d'Ossoue to the south, it dominates from 600 m le glacier des Oulettes to the north.
It is the highest pyrenean summit located only in France, north of the French-Spanish border.


History

The first ascent was led out by Vincent de Chausenque and a guide from
Cauterets Cauterets (; in Occitan ''Cautarés'', in Catalan ''Cautarés'', in Aragonese ''Cautarès'') is a spa town, a ski resort and a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department and the region of Occitanie in south-western France. Geography Cauterets ...
on June 30, 1822. The summit was reached from the
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by the ridge linking both summits.


References

{{Reflist Mountains of the Pyrenees Mountains of Hautes-Pyrénées Pyrenean three-thousanders